February 2, 2009
A woman who says she was deceived and abandoned by her angry friends in the woods of northern New Jersey on a frigid night bears scars both physical and emotional from her ordeal, her lawyer said Friday. Three women who …
February 2, 2009
The owner and operator of a private jet that crashed last year, killing four people, is suing the South Carolina airport, the plane’s manufacturer and a tire company. Rock drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, whose real …
February 2, 2009
In some parts of rural Kentucky, they’re getting water the old-fashioned way — with pails from a creek. There’s not room for one more sleeping bag on the shelter floor. The creative are flushing their toilets with melted snow. At …
February 2, 2009
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has withdrawn its ‘A-‘ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Italy-based composite insurer Aurora Assicurazioni SpA (Aurora), ahead of its merger into the new UGF Assicurazioni SpA on Feb. …
February 2, 2009
The government has opened a criminal investigation into the Georgia peanut-processing plant at the center of the national salmonella outbreak, federal officials said. Stephen Sundlof, head of the Food and Drug Administration’s food safety center, said the Justice Department will …
February 2, 2009
A Detroit police officer has been convicted of writing bogus accident reports to support fraudulent auto insurance claims. Attorney General Mike Cox says 36-year-old Kevin Schuh of Brown City wrote up reports of accidents that either were misleading or never …
February 2, 2009
Morgan County teacher Angela Williams tries to maintain order in her special education classroom by keeping students from talking out or leaving their seats without permission. But she said she often hears a disturbing response from disruptive students: They say …